HUMANITIES CLEP EXAM QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
Donatello - ANSWER Italian sculptor known as one of the great innovators of the Early
Renaissance in Italy, with his remarkably naturalistic and intensely individualized
figures such as his bronze statue David.
Da Vinci - ANSWER painter, sculpter, architect, engineer, musician; invented the court
painter of the king of France; "Mona Lisa," "The Last Supper"(classical), "Vitruvian
Man"(anatomy)
El Greco - ANSWER Mannerism painter
Rembrandt - ANSWER He used light and shadows to convey moods and
emotions-Painted the Blinding of Samson
Peter Paul Rubens - ANSWER Flemish Baroque painter who had assistants complete
parts of his work
Vermeer - ANSWER A Dutch painter who used a great deal of light. He liked painting
people doing everyday things.
Jean Fragonard - ANSWER Painted "The Bathers"
Delacroix - ANSWER Most important of the French Romantic painters; greatly influenced
the work of the Impressionists.
Monet - ANSWER French impressionist painter
, Renoir - ANSWER French impressionist painter; nude female paintings
Degas - ANSWER French Painter, Impressionism, did horses and ballet dancers
Seurat - ANSWER French Painter, Post impressionism, pointellism (using several small
dots of color to create a larger image)Sunday Afternoon on the island of La Grande Jatte
Aubrey Beardsley - ANSWER Famous for black and white erotic paintings
Gilbert Stuart - ANSWER United States painter best known for his portraits of George
Washington
Picasso - ANSWER A Spanish painter best known for co-founding the Cubist movement
and for the wide variety of styles embodied in his work. "Guernica"
Remington - ANSWER protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives
Salvador Dali - ANSWER Spanish surrealist painter
Joan Miro - ANSWER Spanish surrealist painter
Andrew Wyeth - ANSWER American realist painter, "Christina's World"
Persian Rugs - ANSWER high quality rugs made by Persian Muslims, valued for their
exquisite designs, vivid colors and skillful make. These rugs were in great demand from
China to Europe, greatly improving the Abbasid's economy.
American Indian Rugs - ANSWER Repititions of geometric lines
ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
Donatello - ANSWER Italian sculptor known as one of the great innovators of the Early
Renaissance in Italy, with his remarkably naturalistic and intensely individualized
figures such as his bronze statue David.
Da Vinci - ANSWER painter, sculpter, architect, engineer, musician; invented the court
painter of the king of France; "Mona Lisa," "The Last Supper"(classical), "Vitruvian
Man"(anatomy)
El Greco - ANSWER Mannerism painter
Rembrandt - ANSWER He used light and shadows to convey moods and
emotions-Painted the Blinding of Samson
Peter Paul Rubens - ANSWER Flemish Baroque painter who had assistants complete
parts of his work
Vermeer - ANSWER A Dutch painter who used a great deal of light. He liked painting
people doing everyday things.
Jean Fragonard - ANSWER Painted "The Bathers"
Delacroix - ANSWER Most important of the French Romantic painters; greatly influenced
the work of the Impressionists.
Monet - ANSWER French impressionist painter
, Renoir - ANSWER French impressionist painter; nude female paintings
Degas - ANSWER French Painter, Impressionism, did horses and ballet dancers
Seurat - ANSWER French Painter, Post impressionism, pointellism (using several small
dots of color to create a larger image)Sunday Afternoon on the island of La Grande Jatte
Aubrey Beardsley - ANSWER Famous for black and white erotic paintings
Gilbert Stuart - ANSWER United States painter best known for his portraits of George
Washington
Picasso - ANSWER A Spanish painter best known for co-founding the Cubist movement
and for the wide variety of styles embodied in his work. "Guernica"
Remington - ANSWER protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives
Salvador Dali - ANSWER Spanish surrealist painter
Joan Miro - ANSWER Spanish surrealist painter
Andrew Wyeth - ANSWER American realist painter, "Christina's World"
Persian Rugs - ANSWER high quality rugs made by Persian Muslims, valued for their
exquisite designs, vivid colors and skillful make. These rugs were in great demand from
China to Europe, greatly improving the Abbasid's economy.
American Indian Rugs - ANSWER Repititions of geometric lines
